Improvement in reflectors



E. c'. BLAK'ESL-,EE

Lamp Refiector.

Patented Jan. H, 1870.

I M m/ ama 1 NERS. PROTCLUYMOGRAPHER, WSHINGTON. D C

A (assignor to the Benedict and Burnham Ccmpany,)

u foilowing is a full, clear, and correctdescription of the face, andconvexed at or about its centre, as at a.

am: entre.

V O, BLAKESLEE, OF VVATERBUBY,

ONNEGTTCUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE BENE- DIOT 85 BURNHAM MAN UFAGTURIN GCOMPANY, OF SAME PLAOE.

Letters Patent No. 98,662, dated January 11, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN REFLECTORS.

The Schedule referred to in thase'lnettera Patent and making part ofthasame.

To all whom it may concem Be it known that I, EDWARD O. Bmnnsnnn,

of Waterbury, in' the county oi' New Haven, Connecticnt, have invented,made, and applied to use, certain Improvements in Reflectors for Lamps;and that the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,making part of this specification, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, n which-#- Figure 1 is a view. of my refiector, asapplied to a Iamp-chimney.

Figure 2 is a top view of the reflector.

Figure -3 is a side elevation of the sam'e.

In the drawings, like parts of the invention are pointed out by the sameIetters of reference.

The natureof the present invention consists in' certztin improvements inthe construction of refiectors for lamps, more particularly those inwhich kerosene oil is consumcd, the object of the invention being theproduction of a reflector which can be afi'orded to the consuiner at aiow cost. i

To enztbie those skilled in the arts to make and use my nvention, I willdescribe the construction and -operation of the seine,

A Shows the refiector, formed of a circular concaved plate of metal,silvered or highly polished upon' its The refiector A has soidered orattached to it, in any convenient manner, the wire B, one end of whichis turned down to form a book, b,-which book 7), When the reflector isin use, is passed over the top of the iamp-chimney D.

This wire B is soldered or attached to the back of the reflector at orabout its upper or top portion, While to its lower or bottom portion,directly in line With it, is soldered or attached a. wii-e, O.

This wii-e O is bent or fcided at or about its centre, to edmit of itsbeing so'idered or attached to the re flector, While for the rest of itslength it is bent outwm'd, so as to form cnrved arms c, which embracethe chimney D, the elasticit-y of the wire allowing the arms to adjustthemselves to chimneys of different circnmference.

Sueh being the construction, the reflector may he y ,have yet beencoristructed as my present refiector is,

or provided with the means for hoiding the same to the chimney Havingthus described my invention,

\Vhat I clnim, as new, -is- The combination, With a, refiector, A, ofthe hooked wire Band wire O, bent so as to form curved arms, when thesame shali be constructed and operate as and for the purpose descrihed.

EDWARD G. BLAKESLEE.

Witnesses:

S. W. KELLOGG, GEO. E. FERRY.

